where to look for a cheap camper

im after a cheap camper just to use for bug jam and to go do to cornwall in don't care what it looks like but it has to be super cheap.
does anyone know of any good sites or vw camper forums i could try?

Thanks lee

theres always a good selection on ebay, or www.volksworld.com

although if your budget is too cheap you wont get very far down to cornwall!

just have a hunt around for some reliable bargins!

how much u got in mind?

Shaun6n2 wrote:

theres always a good selection on ebay, or www.volksworld.com

although if your budget is too cheap you wont get very far down to cornwall!

just have a hunt around for some reliable bargins!

how much u got in mind?

im looking at around £800 tops, been keeping a look out on the bay and will have a look on volksworld.

found this but i bet it has gone by now at that price

http://www.magazineclassifieds.co.uk/search/volksworld/details/117350/1979_BAY_WINDOW.php

they dont exist anymore im afraid :( busses, bugs, KGs ad all that are now silly money. cheapest ones ive heard of are mostly rotten.

To be totally honest, you have to be really careful when you buy a cheap camper - they are often listed as a project and don't have an mot - you will find they are being sold because of the amount of money that it will take to get it on the road.

You may be lucky and find one that's cheap but take someone with you that will know where to look for rust/rot or ask for a few pointers from someone that knows about campers before you go.

The cheapest ones that are roadworthy at the moment seem start at about £2,500 (and they still need welding, etc. to keep them on the road) and as ratlook says, the ones that are cheaper are usually rotten.

Good Luck with your search.

i just sold a bay for 500 it was rotten in a big way

dan 72 wrote:

i just sold a bay for 500 it was rotten in a big way

But he is with a nice man who is going to make him all better!!

this is ture

well just got back from looking at a T25 on a F plate with twin sliding doors interior needs tydying up 1900cc 4 speed, towbar (could come in handy) with a cd player, took it over to a friend who is an mot tester and got it up on a ramp and she is solid underneath, there is a bit of rust and a small hole in the step up just inside the door. should be an easy repair! needs a new back box and lots of bobywork doing, dents in most pannels and surface rust around the wheelarches. brakes need a new washer on the master cylinder? mot till sept
drives really well:D

what whould you lot say is a good price for somthing like that?

I think a t25 would be your best option on a cheapy camper. Plenty being broken up for cheap spares and they do drive nicer than a bay. You are not painting a fantastic picture of this one but it sounds like it would do the job and you will always get your money back. Should be easily in your budget to make it a good buy as i take it its not a pukka campervan but a blank canvas ??

well i have left a deposit with the chap today and should pick it up in a couple of weeks time as he is off down under shortly after that. i have already started sorcing a few parts for her. need to get on some t25 camper fourms and find out what wheels will fit, would like to fit the black 928's of my golf but not sure about adapters as i think the centre bore is bigger on the t25? but like you said Old B'stard starting with a blank canvas so can make it my own.
i will try and get a couple of pics up i took on my phone

How bout a splittie
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VOLKSWAGEN-SPLIT-SCREEN-CAMPER-VAN_W0QQitemZ260236586508QQihZ016QQcategoryZ9873QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Thats complete crap but congrats on the T25. I had a twin slider which was great but was a bit of a head scratcher when it came to laying out the interior unless you chose not to use one of the doors

cheers dude, yea i did think that:scratch: think im going to keep it quite simple inside all im really bothered about is the bed in the back working.
just need to sort out what wheels im going to fit now and find a new silencer or sweet custom one and lower it.

from that discription I'm fairly certain you're about to buy my old t25. I thought about buying it back when I heard he was selling it again. It's not much to look at, but the only real downside of the thing was that it is only a 4sp, you hit the rev limiter at 85! and if you cruise above about 60 it starts to drink fuel:shock:

RM2WAS wrote:

from that discription I'm fairly certain you're about to buy my old t25. I thought about buying it back when I heard he was selling it again. It's not much to look at, but the only real downside of the thing was that it is only a 4sp, you hit the rev limiter at 85! and if you cruise above about 60 it starts to drink fuel:shock:

if your the chap with the R32 mk2 golf then i think it is! if so jack said you still have all the paperwork for it? gave it a good clean today and its still dirty:affraid: altho jack didn't clean it in the time he owned it:roll: like you said not much to look at but drives real good and as for it beening 4sp im going to try and source a 5sp box for it. as i want to go to devon in it and it would take a week to get down there doing 60. any way will post some pics up in project cars

I did have an R32 mk2! just scrapped it last week:(

Paperwork? I don't think I really got anything with it tbh, obviously the V5 but other than that I think I just got the at the time current mot. Good luck with it, it's been through a bit but always got me home I even had to race it a few times when Whilst my race car was being built, just to keep up points for the season, ran a 21.3 at pod from what I remember:lol: